I own 2 FloppyEMUs. My one complaint is the limitation when copying from disk to disk which they mention in the manual: "Most disk copy programs perform a simultaneous format-and-write of the destination disk, which creates problems for Floppy Emu, because it doesn’t handle formatting the same way as a real disk drive". I'm sure there's a very good reason why this limitation exists, and there are easy enough workarounds, but it's a shame it's not 100% compatible. I'd rather use Copy II Plus to make a clean Ultima player disk than pop out the SD cards and use a PC.
Someone should produce a cheap solution that replaces the DISK II controller. It could be an Arduino project with a blue pill. Since it goes into a slot it could do DMA.
I wish at least ONE review of these units would compare the speed of the FloppyEMU with a real floppy disk. I get there's a limitation on the IWM and SWIM controllers, they were never designed for speed, but there's no information anywhere about the data speed.
Good suggestion. Wonder if I can find a good tool to test that. The idea , though, is less about speed and more about reliability. Magnetic media sucks.
I have the revision B unit. Yes I find it annoying to change the firmware for use on Mac or Apple II. I have often had images corrupt for no apparent reason. I live in Australia and I find the cost just too high to justify me buying a revision C unit. I would like to see a future version come with a floppy drive pass through like the original apple drives. It would be nice if it made a sound while reading and writing. Best of a bad bunch IMO.
Why has RUclips not told me about your comment? I totally missed it. BMOW sells a passthrough adapter and a device that makes sounds, if that's your jam
I wonder, can this also be used to install software like an OS on a Mac with a formatted hard drive? Or does the computer already have to have an OS installed and running? I wonder because I have a Mac SE, but no way to install a new OS on it, or anything, and I want to format the drive and start new.
I own 2 FloppyEMUs. My one complaint is the limitation when copying from disk to disk which they mention in the manual: "Most disk copy programs perform
a simultaneous format-and-write of the destination disk, which creates problems for Floppy Emu, because it doesn’t handle formatting the same way as a real disk drive". I'm sure there's a very good reason why this limitation exists, and there are easy enough workarounds, but it's a shame it's not 100% compatible. I'd rather use Copy II Plus to make a clean Ultima player disk than pop out the SD cards and use a PC.
THIS. A definite limitation I missed in my video. Thank you for sharing, I appreciate it.
Someone should produce a cheap solution that replaces the DISK II controller. It could be an Arduino project with a blue pill. Since it goes into a slot it could do DMA.
I wish at least ONE review of these units would compare the speed of the FloppyEMU with a real floppy disk. I get there's a limitation on the IWM and SWIM controllers, they were never designed for speed, but there's no information anywhere about the data speed.
Good suggestion. Wonder if I can find a good tool to test that. The idea , though, is less about speed and more about reliability. Magnetic media sucks.
Hi, does it work on apple IIc ? need extra adapter or come in the bundle of "Revision C" ? Thanks :)
I have the revision B unit. Yes I find it annoying to change the firmware for use on Mac or Apple II. I have often had images corrupt for no apparent reason. I live in Australia and I find the cost just too high to justify me buying a revision C unit. I would like to see a future version come with a floppy drive pass through like the original apple drives. It would be nice if it made a sound while reading and writing. Best of a bad bunch IMO.
Why has RUclips not told me about your comment? I totally missed it. BMOW sells a passthrough adapter and a device that makes sounds, if that's your jam
Is woz support read only or read/write. How does it compare to Kboohk wDrive? I use Apple IIs more so Mac support isn't needed.
FloppyEMU WOZ support is Read Only. I am waiting on a KBooHK drive to arrive so I can compare. :)
I wonder, can this also be used to install software like an OS on a Mac with a formatted hard drive? Or does the computer already have to have an OS installed and running?
I wonder because I have a Mac SE, but no way to install a new OS on it, or anything, and I want to format the drive and start new.
Yes, this can be done, as long as you use a floppy image with the proper OS on it.
@@JoesComputerMuseum Awesome, totally going to buy one.